Environment Manager

Job Title: Environment Manager

Location: Bangalore

ABOUT UNILEVER:

Be part of the world’s most successful, purpose-led business. Work with brands that are well loved around the world, that improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We promote innovation, big and small, to make our business win and grow; and we believe in business as a force for good. Unleash your curiosity, challenge ideas and disrupt processes; use your energy to make this happen. Our brilliant business leaders and colleagues provide mentorship and inspiration, so you can be at your best. Every day, nine out of ten Indian households use our products to feel good, look good and get more out of life – giving us a unique opportunity to build a brighter future.

Every individual here can bring their purpose to life through their work. Join us and you’ll be surrounded by inspiring leaders and supportive peers. Among them, you’ll channel your purpose, bring fresh ideas to the table, and simply be you. As you work to make a real impact on the business and the world, we’ll work to help you become a better you.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

Unilever is embarking on a business transformation program which will transform its existing operating model to a simplified, global model which will be able to adopt AI enabled processes.

Key enabler of the program is replacement of existing 4 regional SAP ECC based ERP systems with a Global fit to standard SAP S4HANA system.

Purpose of Job

As the Environment Manager (Non-ERP), you will be responsible for ensuring the seamless integration of non-ERP satellite systems into the Core ERP ecosystem. You will work closely with product domains that own these satellite products, collaborating to maintain operational availability, performance, and continuous evolution of all integrated non-ERP systems within the scope of the program—across both non-production and production environments.

You will lead end-to-end readiness of environments for critical program milestones-such as SIT, UAT, and go-live-partnering with integration, data, and product teams to deliver environments that are resilient, compliant, and high-performing.

You will provide hands-on technical leadership for managing and stabilizing environments impacted by the transition from four SAP ECC systems to a unified ERP. This includes ensuring seamless integration of applications within these environments and maintaining their readiness across non-production and production landscapes. Your responsibilities will include optimizing environment configurations for scalability, cost-efficiency, and resilience, while driving fit-to-standard adoption and clean-core principles to enable process efficiency and innovation.

Key Accountabilities

1. Integrated Systems Environment Roadmap

• Manage the integrated systems (non-ERP) environment roadmap, ensuring alignment with overall program milestones and release schedules.

• Support legacy system dual-run operations and decommissioning activities as ERP cutovers progress.

• Partner with Product Domains, Integration and SAP technical services for managing environments for interim state.

• Partnering closely with Product Leads/Managers in Technology Team, Integration, SAP technical services and Product Domains to identify best possible environment strategy for interim requirements

2. Environment Provisioning & Testing Readiness

• Partner with integration, data, and product teams to make non-production environments available for all testing milestones.

• Drive operational readiness for systems transitioning into production, including validation of backup, disaster recovery (DR), and support handover procedures.

• Partner with Product Domains to ensure timely availability of environments for impacted applications requiring integration into the core ERP and comprehensive end-to-end testing

3. Monitoring, Performance & Observability

• Oversee system monitoring enablement, performance tuning, and availability KPIs across critical integrated applications.

• Implement and track observability tools and dashboards measuring environment performance metrics.

4. Reporting & Continuous Improvement

• Prepare weekly performance and environment readiness reports for leadership and technical streams.

• Drive continuous improvement through retrospectives and lessons learned.

Required Skills & Experience

• 10–12 years’ experience in environment management and operations across integrated technology landscapes.

• Very strong technical background to comprehend and understand Environment related challenges.

• Good appreciation of ERP functionality to define and derive environment strategy for integrating applications.

• Working knowledge of application integration, middleware (BTP , API gateways), and monitoring solutions (e.g., FRUN, Dynatrace, Azure Monitor).

• Strong understanding of testing lifecycle environment coordination and operational readiness.

• Familiarity with archiving, EOL/EOS compliance, and lifecycle management processes.

• Proven ability to manage multiple vendors and globally distributed teams.

• Skilled in cross-functional collaboration with excellent stakeholder engagement and communication abilities.

Leadership Skills

• CARE DEEPLY: We care about how consumers experience our brands, the growth and development of our people, and their impact on the planet. We emphasize the importance of performance and care, moving from ambiguity about success to fairness and transparency. 

• FOCUS ON WHAT COUNTS: We prioritize what truly matters, setting clear and stretching goals. We aim to shift from having everything as a priority to focusing on fewer, bigger things that are delivered to conclusion and are being rewarded. 

• STAY THREE STEPS AHEAD: We encourage bold and creative thinking to make breakthroughs in performance. We focus on anticipating and staying ahead of consumer needs and external trends, shifting from reacting to leading, shaping, and disrupting the market. 

• DELIVER WITH EXCELLENCE: The emphasis is on delivering everything with excellence and pace, taking personal ownership, and holding each other accountable. We aim to shift from pride in thinking to pride in execution, developing breakthrough solutions and ensuring the best outcomes. 

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life! This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.